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Early Life
1924: Born in in Plains, Georgia
He was the 7th Generation of Carters to live
in Georgia
His Father was a peanut farmer and
businessman, his mother was a nurse.
Education
Attended public school, Georgia
Southwestern College, Georgia
Institute of Technology.
In 1946 he received a degree from
US Naval Academy
Domestic Policy
Carter was president at the time of
economic uncertainty. Carters
strategy to combat unemployment,
consisted of tax cuts and increased
spending. These policies resulted in
high inflation. The term stagnation
(meaning high unemployment, high
inflation and slow growth) was coined
to describe the resulting recession.
Major Domestic
Achievements
Foreign Policy
Carter was a champion of human rights. He famously
criticized the Soviet Union for their failure to follow the
Helsinki doctrine.
He also stripped funding/us aid from Nicaragua, South Africa,
Chile and Guatemala based on their long records of human
rights abuses.
Carters major achievements in this arena included the 1978
return of the Panama Canal Zone to Panama. (Although this
decision was widely criticized in the US media, as showing US
weakness abroad) and the Camp David Accords.
The Camp David Accords were a series of treaties between
Egypt and Israel negotiated at Camp David in Maryland.
Through Carters mediation, Israel agreed to return Egyptian
territory and Egypt agreed to recognize Israeli statehood.
Post Presidency
1982: Carter is appointed University
Distinguished Professor at Emory University
1982: Carter founds The Carter Center
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkkh94vHT38
http://www.jimmycarterlibrary.gov/
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